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Sets the agenda in Asia and considers what’s been dominating the day in Europe and North America. The programme is sometimes co-hosted out of our Toronto and New York bureaux and features regular interviews with special…

We get the latest from Mexico, where the highest court has overturned a controversial new law aimed at regulating military troops in the war on drug cartels. Plus: a stalled plan to move persecuted Rohingya refugees back…

After an extraordinary day in Westminster that saw multiple resignations and pressure on Theresa May to follow, the British prime minister is holding on. Plus: we discuss Saudi Arabia’s order to execute Jamal Khashoggi’s…

The US presidential election might be two years away but campaigning for the Democratic nomination has already begun. We assess the contenders. Plus: details of Britain’s EU exit agreement emerge, Israel’s defence minister…

We assess reports of a terror attack in Melbourne, and the tensions between the US and China rippling the South China Sea. Plus: author Sarah Smarsh on her book ‘Heartland’ and a preview of Monocle 24’s Big Interview with…

As US attorney-general Jeff Sessions is forced out, we ask what’s next for special investigator Robert Mueller’s probe into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Plus: with female MPs gathering in London for a…

We cross to New York following the sudden firing of attorney-general Jeff Sessions amid fears that Robert Mueller's Russia investigation could be in jeopardy. Plus: the minorities making progress in the midterms, the former…

A new report reveals that the Taliban now controls more territory in Afghanistan than at any time since 2001; we ask what that means for the US’s approach there. Plus: Canada’s love affair with immigration and Italy's…

As the US president Donald Trump announces his plans to end birthright citizenship, we unpack the legalities such a move would imply. Plus: a look at Spain’s constitution 40 years after its creation, the latest on Brazilian…

We assess tensions surrounding Donald Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh following a mass shooting at a synagogue, the blurring definitions of “free and fair” elections, the right-wing provocateurs visiting Australia, the latest…